Nick Ciliak

Hey there! I’m Nick, and I’m an interactive designer based in Chicago. I design and code websites, apps, and digital products. My mission is to create above-and-beyond digital experiences that have a transformative impact on people’s lives. More about me

Watermark App

A side project built to experiment with Vue.js, canvas, and launching a digital product.

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Graber Blinds

A ground-up website redesign for a premium window treatments company.

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Real Art

A look at some of the projects I have worked on as an Interactive Designer at Real Art.

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Waterfall

The quickest way to capture anything in a looping slideshow on your iPhone.

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What I Do

Interactive design

Website design

User interface design

Front-end development

Prototyping

WordPress development

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I love to learn new skills by building things. These are some of the projects that I've been working on in my free time.

Campaign URL Builder

Generate marketing campaign URLs with UTM parameters. Built with plain JS.

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Cool CSS Animation

Discover just how much you can do with CSS animation by learning to code cool, abstract effects with CSS.

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My Bookshelf

Browse and sort my reading habits using this Vue app built with the Goodreads API.

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Slightly Theme

A minimal, clean, ever-so-slightly opinionated WordPress theme. It has been downloaded over 12,000 times and has over 1,000 active installs.

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Experimental Type

A collection of experiments, created with code, that focus on randomization and typography.

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About me

I'm an interactive designer with a passion for designing and building things on the web. I've been making stuff for the internet since a young age, and I've come to realize that the way we design for screens has real impact on people's lives. That's why I care about doing things right: making stuff that looks good, works well, and has a positive impact.

I discovered my passion for the way things look and work at Grand Valley State University, where I earned my BFA in Graphic Design. I soon became engrossed in the intersection of design and code—the way they interact with and inform each other has enthralled me since.

While earning my degree, I was a web design intern at Real Art in Chicago, IL and then later a design intern at HAUS in Los Angeles, CA. Following that, I worked at Real Art full time as an Interactive Designer. Now I'm a Front End Engineer at ActiveCampaign in Chicago.

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